Rapper N.O.R.E recorded the song “Friendz” featuring Mariah as well as a verse from Big Pun. “I did a record with Mariah Carey and I told her, ‘I just want you to do a record back,’ ” N.O.R.E. told MTV in 2004. “I asked her if she was a fan of Pun's, and she said she was. So I told her to think like he was still alive. I told her to think of [Pun's] ‘It's So Hard’ and ‘I'm Not a Player.’ I wouldn't send her the Pun vocals, so she laid a chorus without me sending her the Pun vocals. I know she was mad at me, but she laced it. The world is going to love it.” The song was meant to be included on the album 1 Fan A Day in 2005. After repeated delays, the album was finally shelved.